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The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 2000, the NBA launched NBA.com/UK to cater to basketball fans in the United Kingdom. It provided local listings for games and even set up special player chats and “mailboxes” for UK NBA…

Every Monday, we catch you up on the happenings in the NBA. This week, we’ll analyze the NBA’s latest three proposals to fix tanking. Also, we have two weeks left in the season for some playoff positioning. How does the penultimate week look? We also have the extended version of the NBA Stock Report, a…

LOS ANGELES — Darius Garland’s new life started with Dave Chappelle. Garland vividly remembers meeting Chappelle. How could he forget it? Nineteen years old, freshly drafted to the Cleveland Cavaliers, out in Las Vegas for his first NBA summer league. Life was changing fast for Garland. There he was, shaking hands with the funniest man…

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes entered Sunday having made just 10 of his 35 pull-up 3s this year. If he takes that shot, the opposing defence should be happy. Among semi-realistic possibilities for Toronto Raptors possessions, there aren’t many better results for the defence than a Barnes 3 off the bounce. Advertisement His Raptors came into…

When was the last time we had this much talent at the top of the MVP ballot? Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder is up to prime Steph Curry-like 66.4 percent true shooting, without the benefit of playing next to elite scorers or playmakers. Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs is…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has spent nearly a year trying to return to top speed after rupturing his Achilles during last season’s playoffs. He believes slowing down Sunday led to his best game since returning from the injury. “I felt good tonight,” Tatum said. “I just felt like I was slowing…

TORONTO — After watching his team give up a historic run in a historic loss, Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley pointed the finger squarely at himself. “I’ve got to be able to do a better job of preparing them for what they were going to see tonight,” Mosley said after the Magic lost 139-87…

Name the sport, and there is almost assuredly a handful of GOAT debates attached to it. Every generation produces athletes who make indelible marks worthy of all-time great status. It’s what makes conjecture fun, even if it means splitting the finest of hairs. Yet, no matter how in-depth most sports debates can get, there is…

MINNEAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards sat on the Minnesota Timberwolves bench in street clothes, helplessly watching his short-handed teammates clank 3-pointer after 3-pointer in an ugly loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Wolves have put up an inspired effort while Edwards has been out with a right knee injury, going 4-2 in the six games since…

The NBA suspended Los Angeles Lakers star guard Luka Dončić for Monday’s matchup against the Washington Wizards. The NBA’s leading scorer was called for his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday, triggering an automatic one-game ban. Dončić received his 16th technical with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter against the…